Basic Elements of Design.
Stacy L. Christiansen
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (11th ed.)
The rules of typography are centuries old, and although the technologies have changed, the goal has always remained the same: a beautiful setting in the service of a pleasant and fruitful reading experience. James Felici 5 Typography is broadly defined as the composed arrangement and appearance of text and other elements on a surface that involves elements of design. The editor and graphic designer often cooperate in the process of creating the typography and design for a book, monograph, or journal (print or digital), with the goal of achieving a balance of form and readability....Boldface.
Stacy L. Christiansen
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (11th ed.)
A general scheme of headings and side headings may call for the use of boldface type for first- and second-level headings and for first-level side headings in the text, although heading styles and formats vary among publications (see 2.8, Parts of a Manuscript, Headings, Subheadings, and Side Headings). For example, the JAMA Network journals use the following headings:...Capital (Uppercase).
Stacy L. Christiansen
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (11th ed.)
Capital (majuscule) letters are larger than lowercase letters and are used as initial letters in the first word of sentences and for proper names. They are also often used as the initial letter of major words in titles, headings, and subheadings. (Caput is Latin for head....Color.
Stacy L. Christiansen
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (11th ed.)
Although not technically a font type, color is another option to add emphasis, create hierarchy, and organize elements in a publication. Colored type on a white background does not have the same contrast as black type, so the white spaces around the letters can lose their clarity....Editing and Proofreading Marks.
Stacy L. Christiansen
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (11th ed.)
Corrections often need to be marked on manuscripts and typeset copy. The following marks are common in publishing and used by manuscript editors, production editors, proofreaders, and others involved in correcting copy. Previous | Next The following example shows how a proof was marked for corrections and how the corrected text appears in the revised proof....Editing With XML.
Stacy L. Christiansen
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (11th ed.)
XML (extensible markup language) is both machine and human readable, creating a structure and avenue for data exchange, transformation, and reuse. It provides rules for naming and defining parts of a document and their relationship with each other.1 XML uses tags in start-end pairs (such as <title>Title of the Article</title> and <body> </body>) to define the elements in that piece of content. In XML, all the content is enclosed with tags that identify what the data are (eg, the article’s title is tagged <title>Title of Article</title>). The tagged content can be validated using a schema or DTD (document-type definition). The DTD defines the overall structure of content and helps ensure consistency across documents. For example, the JAMA Network journals use a DTD based on the National Library of Medicine (NLM) DTD, which is endorsed by the National Information Standards Organization....Editing, Proofreading, Tagging, and Display
Stacy L. Christiansen
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (11th ed.)
The Editing, Proofreading, Tagging, and Display chapter of the 11th edition of the AMA Manual of Style covers topics that influence readability, design, and coding. The chapter begins with ...
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